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Showing 1 to 20 of 71 for “"musical instrument"”.
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Spectral Matching of Musical Instrument Tones
This thesis shows how to solve two classic problems in computer music: finding parameters for wavetable and frequency modulation (FM) synthesis that reproduce a particular tone. Previous FM and wavetable matching methods have used trial-and-error or computationally expensive techniques in matching …
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Vidsizer : a visual and musical instrument.
Thesis. 1979. M.S.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture.
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Physical correlates of nonpercussive musical instrument tones
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 1963.
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Geometric Improvisations Leading to a Musical Instrument
Thesis explores a theory of proportion, its application within a design-build experiment, while establishing essential elements of design language.
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A Technique for the Analysis of Musical Instrument Tones
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The chandelier : an exploration in robotic musical instrument design
… thesis presents several works involving robotic musical instruments. Robots have long been used in industry for performing repetitive tasks, or jobs requiring superhuman strength. However, more recently robots have found a niche as musical instruments. The works presented here attempt to address …
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Playing the Record Lathe: Vinyl Record Cutter as Musical Instrument
… enhancing and exploiting vinyl noise as musical material. Through a body of creative work I situate my own contemporary account of using a vinyl lathe as a musical instrument within a 21st century studio environment. Taking Thomas Edison’s 1887 invention of the phonograph as the starting …
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Concept to prototype : musical instrument effect pedal : an exercise in design and manufacturing
… engineers to create a working prototype of a musical instrument effect pedal. Specifically these skills include post-failure metallurgical examinations and circuit board design, and the manufacturing methods include metal forming (not cutting) with a lathe and sand casting. A musical …
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A systematic approach to standardized documentation of musical instrument catalogues within the museum setting
… was to develop a new system for documentation of musical instrument collections that would standardize the list of information that is kept on each instrument and generate a format for information storage and retrieval, making information more easily accessible to researchers.
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Craft-Focused Electronic Musical Instrument Building: Exploring DIY Textiles and Hybrid Craft Techniques in Sound Arts Practice
… the concept of a craft focused electronic musical instrument building practice, prioritising textile handcraft materials, techniques and aesthetics in the process of creating new electronic musical instruments and sound artwork. A range of DIY textile crafts and hybrid craft techniques …
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Biomimetic Agent-Based Modeling in Musical Interface Design: Ecological Dynamics, Care, and Constraint in a Physarum-Inspired Musical Instrument
What happens when a digital musical instrument can die? This thesis argues that ecological dynamics can function as musical interfaces whose behavioral logic shapes timbre, event structure, and the performer-instrument relationship. While much of the existing discourse in computer music addresses …
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Composing with flexible phrases: the impact of a newly designed digital musical instrument upon composing Western popular music for commercials and movie trailers.
… compositions employing a self-designed digital musical instrument (DMI) called the ‘Flexible Phrase System’ (FPS). This research consists of two interconnected design processes: one is the production of a portfolio of music, and the other is the development of the FPS, which supports the …
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Optimality of human acoustic perception of natural sounds, and violin acoustics elucidated with a non-corporeal musical instrument made by fully air-coupled finite-element-modeling of the Titian Stradivarius
… at music perception and build a non-corporeal instrument: a fully air-coupled finite-element-modeled Titian Stradivarius violin employing CT-scan reconstruction. The non-corporeal instrument is trained to play the first two measures of the Sonata No. 1 in G-minor, BWV 1001: II. Fuga. Allegro by …
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Interaction Design for Digital Musical Instruments
… the process of designing interactive systems for musical performance that combine software and hardware in an intuitive and elegant fashion. The original contribution to knowledge consists of: (1) a critical assessment of recent trends in digital musical instrument design, (2) a descriptive model …
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A catalogue of the European cornets and trumpets at the Shrine to Music Museum
The Shrine to Music Museum has one of the largest musical instrument collections in the world. Included in the museum's holdings are over five hundred cornets and trumpets of American or European make. The information documented in this study will contribute to the preservation, location and …
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Audience participation using mobile phones as musical instruments
… audience participation using mobile phones as musical instruments in a music concert setting. Inspired by the ubiquity of smart phones, I attempted to accomplish audience engagement in a music performance by crafting an accessible musical instrument with which audience can be a part of the …
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Participation in Instrumental Music as a Predictor of Success in a Collegiate Level Aviation Flight Course
… that examine the effect that learning a musical instrument has on the cognitive abilities of children and young adults. A number of these studies indicate that learning a musical instrument will enhance certain cognitive abilities. This study takes these theories and applies them to …
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A system for expressive spectro-spatial sound synthesis
The GLOOO system is a holistic digital musical instrument for spatial sound synthesis, considering a control device, a real time synthesis algorithm with a related modeling procedure and the integration of sound reproduction systems. Statistical Spectral Modeling is introduced as a novel method for …
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Strings of Hope: The Meanings of the Violin in Jewish and Holocaust History
… prior to Nazi domination? How did the Nazis use instrumental music to manage of the camps and control the lives of prisoners? How did the music prove to be a means of defiance against Nazi power? In an era when Nazis stripped Jews of their belongings, what did simply possessing a musical …
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The auditory fingerprint : multidimensional characterization of individual pitch perception in musicians
… hearing functions, sound perception mode, musical instrument preference, performance style, as well as musical abilities such as absolute- and relative pitch perception or auditory imagery (audiation). However, relevant literature in the field regarding perceptual and psychophysical aspects …
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